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LEED GOLD ELDER LIVING As "green" principles begin to take hold in U.S. firms, those architects who have been following them the longest are demonstrating a refined and diverse understanding of what "sustainability" means to a building's occupants. For the NBBJ design team for the Washington State Veterans' Home, sustaining the elderly inhabitants' quality of life was a key component of the design intent.
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SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROTOTYPES At the United Nations Habitat World Urban Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June 2006, Living Steel announced the results of its International Competition for Sustainable Housing. Living Steel is a consortium of steel companies and associations that has teamed with the UN to find solutions to worldwide housing shortages.
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More Environment The Greener House — Voice of San Diego, 2006.0816In Oregon, First Hospital to Achieve LEED Gold — Interior Design, 2006.0816 Staking Claims for Energy Gold Rush — News Observer, 2006.0816 USGBC Awards First LEED for Homes Platinum Rating — Living Homes Press Release, 2006.0816 Green Homes Go Mainstream as Costs Climb — New Zealand Herald, 2006.0816 The Top 10 Green Schools in the U.S.: 2006 — The Green Guide, 2006.0815 Alternative Energy will Build Ethanol Plant in Iowa — Kansas City Business Journal, 2006.0815 The House That Green Built — Orlando Sentinel, 2006.0814 Energy Savings Hit the Roof — Sacramento Bee, 2006.0814 'Healthier Learning' Environment for Old Las Vegas School — KLAS TV, 2006.0814 Navy Building Uses Latest Technology to Be Energy Efficient — Ventura County Star, 2006.0813 It’s Getting Easier to Be Green — New York Times, 2006.0813 Building a Zero-Carbon World — Guardian Unlimited, 2006.0813 Going for the Green (Business) — Bradenton Herald Today, 2006.0813 Alsop's Asian Success — World Architecture News, 2006.0811 Drawing New Ideas for Straw — Davis Enterprise, 2006.0811 Top Green Building Products for 2006 — Building Online, 2006.0810 The Built Environment and the Savewater! Awards — Infolink, 2006.0810 Energy-Efficient Homes the Wave of the Future — News 8 Austin, 2006.0809 UK Energy Rules Leave Managers Cold — IT Week, 2006.0809 USG Provides Gypsum and Ceiling Panel Recycling Options — USG press release, 2006.0808 Homes Going Lean, Mean and Green — CNN, 2006.0808 USG to Provide Gypsum Recycling Options — USG Press Release, 2006.0808 GM Opens LEED-Gold Certified Manufacturing Facility — The Manufacturer, 2006.0808 Tax Incentives Go Green — BusinessWeek, 2006.0808 New Green Carpet Adhesive from Bentley Prince Street — Interior Design, 2006.0808 Green Offices Are Cool — Gulf News, 2006.0808 Architects' Group to Host first 'Green Building' Expo — New York Business Review, 2006.0807 Commercial Demand for Green Development Grows — GreenBiz, 2006.0807 USGBC Partners with Clinton Climate Initiative — USGBC Press Release, 2006.0807 Building Blocks — Boston Business Journal, 2006.0807 Green Building Movement Yielding Tax Incentives — Architectural Record, 2006.0807 Going 'Green' Can Turn a Bottom Line Black — News-Record, 2006.0806 Going, Going, Green — Washington Post, 2006.0806 Creating a Self-Contained World — New York Times, 2006.0806 Green House — Orange County Register, 2006.0805 Sustainable Design Starts with You — Miami Herald-Tribune, 2006.0805 Contractor Turns New Page in Green Building — BDC, 2006.0804 How Green Is Your Commercial Construction Project? — Orlando Business Journal, 2006.0804 Green Factor Would Change Urban Landscape Design — Seattle Daily Journal, 2006.0803 Dorms of the Future — CNN, 2006.0803 Wind Turbines on the Parapet — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0803 Looking for the "Teflon Chemical" in Building Materials — BuildingGreen.com, 2006.0803 Outdoor Illumination Selected for ASLA Green Roof — BDC, 2006.0802 Radical Urban Housing Project Wins Environment Award — PR Web, 2006.0801 House Proposes Green Building Legislation — Steel Works, 2006.0728
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